**This is the whole story up to present for those of you who want to read it all together.  When I add a new post to the story I will also add it here. She came in the back of the room after introductions. …

Have you ever seen the cartoons where people drag themselves across the sands of the desert looking for water? They come to a crystal clear pool with a single palm tree only to discover it’s a mirage. Oh, my friends. I know how they…

“You won’t believe what happened,” my husband remarked, and then we lost the connection…Join me today at Writer Interrupted. Click HERE to read my devotion.      …

 Have you been hanging around church longer than you can remember?  Do you know every Bible story and children’s worship song by heart?  Do you watch baptisms with one eye while you read the church bulletin with the other? Join me today at Faith…

You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel. Matthew 23:24 NIV   Have you ever gone running through the backyard hollering and swallowed a gnat?  Yuck!  It’s gnasty business.  You spend the next few minutes hacking and spitting with thoughts…